LAFOLLETTE, TN (WLAF) – Campbell County Sheriff’s Deputy Preston Mullins was recently on Old Middlesboro Hwy when he saw a man walking in the westbound lane of traffic at 5pm. The man appeared to be hitchhiking and in the course of his attempts was creating a traffic hazard.

Mullins stopped and spoke with the man, identified as Michael Osborne. When he spoke with Osborne, he noticed his pupils were allegedly constricted. Osborne told the officer he was trying to get someone to stop and give him a ride to Lake City. The deputy noticed Osborne was slurring his speech, as well as allegedly experiencing body tremors. Osborne allegedly admitted to taking Methamphetamine. The arrest report said Mullins believed Osborne was intoxicated and was posing a risk to himself as well as traffic.

Osborne, 27, 804 Moody Lane, LaFollette was charged with public intoxication and panhandling based on the arrest report from the Campbell County Sheriff’s Office. (WLAF NEWS PUBLISHED – 03/07/2022-6AM)

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